Water-elevatok



srxfrns ELI Mosman, or FLI'NT, MGHIGAN.

WATER-ELEVATOR.

Specicaton of Letters Patent No. 32,580, dated June 18, 1861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELI Mosman, of the city of Flint, in the county ofGenesee and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in VVatenDrawers; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a perspectiveview of a waterdrawer ready for use. Fig. 2 isa Vertical transversesection of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a bucket,&c.

In order to obtain water from wells for domestic use various deviceshave been devised.

My device is of that class by which water is raised from wells by meansof buckets.

To'enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct the frame of my water-drawer after the box form. I selectboards for the ends A A from fourteen to eighteen inches in width, inlength about three feet. Their length forms the height, and their widthforms the width of the frame. I then cut any width boards as seen onside F about three feet long and nail them to `each of the edges of A A.The trough g should be made and put in its place before all the boardsare nailed on the side F. The trough g is made by taking a board aboutsix inches wide for the bottom and one three inches wide for the frontedge. Nail the bottom to one edge of this then saw olf the end m in alittle beveling so as to give some descent from m to g. Then nail theother edge of the bottoni to A and the end m to side F. The bail oshould now be put in its place. This bail o is an old well known deviceand needs no description. The end of trough g may be made after any ofthe known forms for guiding the water into the pail.

W is-a lid which should be at least threefourths the width of theV top.This lid should be kept shut in stormy weather and if desired kept openwhen pleasant. It is provided with hinges u a. and a hook g forfastening the lid down when desired.

S is ainarrow strip of board nailed to the side F and ends A A. `To this'w is fastened by u u.

7c is a crank which is put on the end of shaft n. The middle of a shouldbe eight square for about one-third of its length. The ends are providedwith journals of the usual form. The boxes z' z" are made of cast iron.That part of said boxes in which the journals rest is simply a ringabout threefourths of'an inch wide provided with a broad flange on oneedge. In this flange are holes for screws for fastening them to theirplace. The flange of box el is screwed directly to inside of F. There isa hole bored in side F to allow shaft a to pass through. This hole islarge enough for the ring part t of z" to be driven into it from theoutside.

Then it may be fastened by screws. And broad pulley z can be made bycutting boards or plank the length and breadth that the pulley is to be.Then lay them together and fasten them by nailing or pinning. Then borea hole for shaft a and drive the shaft a into it the proper distance.Then the pulley should be turned with a thick flange on the side towardthe crank and a thin flange on the opposite end (or side).

I-I is a brake. This may be made of iron or of wood. I prefer to make`them of iron. They should be bent nearly as seen in Fig. 2,

so as to pass over the thick flange of pulley it and under adjustingshaft y. One end is fastened to A by a bolt or screw directly over thethick flange on la. The other end passes through A in the slot o whichkeeps this end in its place. Adjusting shaft y is made of wood. On eachend is a journal. Holes are bored in the `sides F. F. for said journals.To one end of said shaft is affixed a ratchet wheel p. Said ratchetwheel is provided with a pawl Z) which is secured to the inside of F, bya screw so as to act on p.

t, is a ratchet plate of iron.

e, c, is a rope or cord.

f, is pulley and pulley block. The pulleyblock may be made of cast iron.

Z, is the bail of the bucket. This bail passes through the lower part ofpulley block f and is bent on each side as seen in Fig. 3, to keep thepulley-block in its place. The pulley may be cast of iron or made ofwood.

a, a, are ears of bucket E.

c, c, are stops on the ears. In the center of the lower end of the earsare holes for the ends of Z which are bent at right angles y ease@inward. The ears are then put on and riveted. The form of the ears isnot essential. The ears and stops are cast of iron together. The stopsshould be placed from one to two inches above the holes for the bail,and one on one ear, the width of said hole to the right hand from astraight line, and the other in the same position at the left handforming right hand and left hand ears for purposes hereafter shown. Theform of the stops on the ears is not essential. All that is necessary isthat they project out on the ear far enough so as not to allow the bailZ to pass. The ears are placed on the bucket about one-third of thelength downward from the top, and from one-half to an inch to one sideof the center'toward the hook, s, as seen in Fig. 2.

79, is a valve for filling the bucket.

Having thus described the construction of the parts of my inventionwhich are new and partially those that have been in use heretofore Iwill now proceed to show the operation and point out some of theadvantages arising from the use of the combination. In order to raise abucket filled with water out of a well so that hook s will come up so asto catch to bail o and empty the bucket of its water some plan mustI behad that will prevent the bucket from turning around. Instead of using aflat chain a flat rope or several small ropes sewed together or a belt(all of these have been used) I use the pulley and block, f, with anycord or small rope, one end of which is fastened to pulley L the otherend is put around pulley, j, and fastened to the adjusting shafts, y. Itwill be seen that by this arrangement the bucket must come up so thathook, s, will catch to, o, every time. It will also be seen that vbutone hook is necessary by this device as the bucket cannot come up theother side around.

The advantages of the use of the ears with stops c, c, are that thebucket is kept from tilting backward and forward, and the water is notspilled. By placing the ears as described the greater weight of water ison the'pposite side of the bucket from the hook, s, which causes thebucket to tilt so that the stops, c, c, come in contact with the bail,Z, and the bucket is kept from further tilting.

The uses of the adjusting shaft are the lengthening and shortening thecord to suit the depth of water as the water in most wells rises andfalls with heavy rains. By this adjusting shaft the length of cord mayeasily be adjusted to suit the distance to the water. By simply turningthe shaft g/ in one direction the cord is lengthened and by turning inthe opposite direction it may be shortened. By this arrangement the cord.may be all unwound from broad pulley, 7L,

and the bucket allowed to fill with water. Yet the cord will not reachthe water nor get wet. T he brake II is used to keep pulley, l1., fromturning, when it is desired to stop the bucket at any point. This isdone by pressing upon the end at, H, until the pressure is sulicient tokeep pulley, 7L, from turning. Then this end of I-I may be swung underone of the teeth on ratchet plate, t.

Then desired to lower the bucket for water all that is necessary is todisengage the brake I-I and the bucket may be allowed to run down at anydegree of speed desired. The speed may be governed by pressure appliedto the brake H.

Having thus described the construction and operation of those parts thatare new, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The adjusting shaft (y), in combination with the hoisting apparatusdescribed, all being arranged and operated in the manner set forth.

2. Brake (00), serrated plate (o), adjusting shaft (y), ears (a a),stops (c c), and hoisting apparatus, when all shall be arranged andoperated in the manner and for the purpose specified.

ELI MOSI-IER. Vitnesses A. BUMP, J. K. DEARY.

